Chapter 3 - System software

____ software, such as operating systems and utility programs, consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of a computer and its devices.

• System

• Application

• Management

• Program

Two types of system software are ____.

• application software and utility programs

• Web browsers and application software

• operating systems and utility programs

• operating systems and Web browsers

____ is the process of starting or restarting a computer.

• Launching

• Loading

• Booting

• Keying

A(n) ____ interface controls how users enter data and instructions into a computer and how information is displayed on the screen.

• control

• utility

• user

• management

With a ____, users interact with menus and visual images such as icons, buttons, and other objects to issue commands.

• command-line interface

• menu-driven interface

• performance-monitor interface

• graphical user interface (GUI)

A single user/single ____ operating system allows only one user to run one program at a time.

• throttle

• function

• indexing

• tasking

A single user/____ operating system allows a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time.

• multitasking

• interfacing

• command-based

• throttle

Networks, servers, mainframes, and supercomputers allow hundreds to thousands of users to connect at the same time, and thus are ____.

• single user

• single processing

• multiuser

• multiprocessing

A(n) ____ operating system enables two or more users to run programs simultaneously.

• multiplied

• multiuser

• engaged

• rasterized

A(n) ____ operating system supports two or more processors running programs at the same time.

• virtual

• indexed

• multiprocessing

• fault-tolerant